Fernand Léger Prints
Explore Fernand Léger prints featuring geometric figures, bold colour, still lifes and scenes of modern life. The French artist (1881–1955) developed a distinctive approach to Cubism, combining rounded forms, strong outlines and contrasting shapes.
Discover compositions ranging from fragmented early paintings to later scenes of workers, acrobats and everyday objects. Choose from fine art paper prints, framed prints and canvas panels.
Fernand Léger and Cubism
Fernand Léger developed a recognisable form of Cubism in which cylinders, cones and curved surfaces gave figures and objects a sculptural appearance. Often described as “Tubism”, this approach differed from the angular fragmentation associated with other Cubist painters. In works such as Les Fumeurs and Nude Model in the Studio, bodies and their surroundings become closely interlocking arrangements of shapes.
His paintings bring together recognisable subjects and abstract structure. A face, bottle or building may remain identifiable even when its parts have been simplified, separated or rearranged. Explore our Cubist Art Prints collection for other approaches to fractured perspective and geometric form.
Colour, machinery and the modern city
Léger drew subjects from the world around him: machinery, streets, signs, buildings and the people who inhabited them. Rather than describing every detail, he used repeated shapes and strong contrasts to organise the image. In La Ville, architectural fragments and blocks of colour convey the crowded structure of the city.
Black outlines and broad areas of red, blue, yellow and white became prominent features of his work. These clear divisions give everyday objects a strong presence, while overlapping forms create movement across the picture. His compositions offer a connection between figurative painting and the geometric experiments found in our Abstract Art Prints collection.
Figures, still lifes and everyday subjects
Alongside urban and mechanical subjects, Léger painted still lifes, seated women, family groups and performers. His later figures often have broad limbs, simplified faces and firmly outlined silhouettes. Flowers, birds and household objects share the same clear shapes and contrasting colour as the people around them.
For a display centred on geometric structure, pair compositions with similar outlines and repeated forms. For a more varied selection, combine a figure painting with a still life or city scene, using shared colours to connect the works.





























































































































































































































































































































